For those confused or questioning "Eating your exercise calo

Hey everyone, first post so be gentle with me!!

I am finding it really hard to eat my initial 1600 calories, add to that an extra 700 that I burn in the gym (that's what the machine says I burn) and I really do struggle to eat 2300 and alot of the time my net calorie intake is around 400-700 which I know is way to little. I try to eat more but then I just feel like I am scoffing my face and I don't actually feel hungry! Can someone please help me! Or any suggestions of healthy foods that I can eat that have high calories!

P.S does 750 calories burnt doing 60 minutes on a bike machine seem too high?

Thanks in advance!

google calorie dense foods. And no, 750 calories for 60 minutes doesn't sound like to much, it is perfectly reasonable.

thanks for the reply, so if i ate 1200 calories then burnt 600 at gym i could just eat 1000 calories of nuts and that would be ok?
or would eating that many all in one go be a bad idea?

thanks for the reply, so if i ate 1200 calories then burnt 600 at gym i could just eat 1000 calories of nuts and that would be ok?
or would eating that many all in one go be a bad idea?

well, no, I doubt it, I don't know your macro numbers, but 1000 calories of any 1 food is going to leave you nutrient deficient in other categories. That's why I said to google calorie dense foods, you can't just have 1 food you rely on.

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Simply stated MFP has already figured out your total calories you need to eat per day to lose 1lb etc. a week. That's WITHOUT exercise. You'll notice that when you actually add exercise in, the calorie limit goes up. Why? Because it's telling you to eat your exercise calories. Large deficits aren't really good to do because while you will lose weight, what kind of weight will it be? In many cases you'll lose lean muscle tissue which LOWERS your metabolic rate even more. Then you have to eat even less to compensate for less of a calorie burn to continue to lose the same amount of weight each week.
Be efficient. Exercise hard and eat back the calories. The hard exercise will RAISE your metabolic rate and burn more fat at rest.

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A must-read! Thanks!

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This has been very helpful. Thanks Banks. I went to see if their profile was still around and it said the user had deactivated -.-

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Thanks Banks!

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Thanks for posting this. I'm a newbie and haven't been eating back my exercise calories (and consequently, have slowed down in my weight loss). After reading this, I am now going to make sure I do!

Thanks for explaining it so clearly

You'd go back to the beginning, which would link you to here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo?page=20


"Bump" is just people making a quick post to bump it back to the top of the page.